Robbery victim: Suspect said 'I will hurt you'

A victim of a robbery at a Wachovia bank ATM Tuesday night told The Hour that the suspect withdrew $200 himself from the machine after she entered her pin.

The 26-year-old Norwalk woman who is eight months pregnant said she thinks the suspect may have driven away in a light blue pickup truck. The Norwalk Police Department Detective Bureau is reviewing surveillance tapes to see if the suspect fled on foot or drove away.

The suspect blocked her from exiting the ATM vestibule after she had made a deposit, the victim said.

"It was after bank hours, and he stood outside the door as I was trying to leave," she said. "I just thought he was in a rush to get in, and I didn't want to hold him up, but when I opened the door he came in and said 'Give me your money.'"

She described the man as in his mid-20s with "very fair (skin) with black eyebrows and a black mustache" and wearing a brown-hooded sweatshirt. "I moved backward as soon as he came in," she said. "He had his hands in his pants pockets, and he kept saying 'Give me your money' and 'I will hurt you' over and over."

The victim said, "He was scaring me so much I was shivering, but I tried to step aside and get him to move in front of the camera the whole time."

The victim said she entered her pin for him, and after the suspect attempted to withdraw $400, he pushed the quick withdrawal button and received $200 from the machine.

"He told me 'You don't come out until I leave or I will hurt you,'" she said. "That's when I noticed that there was a light blue pickup truck in the parking lot on the right hand side."

Lt. Paul Resnick, a spokesman for the police department, said "The investigation is proceeding forward," Resnick said. "The surveillance tapes from the bank parking lot would certainly be something that an investigator would be looking at and would provide key information that would aid in the investigation."